This week there’s a new sort of crowd-pleaser in town. Northgate is hosting a replica of Abraham Lincoln’s casket.

Wait, what?

The replica casket was created by an Indiana company from the only known photo of Lincoln lying in state. It’s a little longer than 6 feet long with a white interior and silver handles and has traveled the country for years. The only differences are the replica isn’t lined with lead, and there’s no silver plate with Lincoln’s information on the exterior.

Minnesota Public Radio reports it’s especially popular at funeral home openings.

Of course it is.

But it doesn’t seem like something you’d expect at a place with a food court.

Turns out the casket is being hosted by Pima Medical Institute’s mortuary science program, which is located a few blocks from the mall. Pima officials say the two-year program helps guide students to careers as funeral directors and embalmers while focusing on compassionate care. The casket is being displayed Wednesday and Thursday at Pima’s campus, 9709 Third Ave. N.E., then goes to the mall for two days.

Mortuary science program director Jack Norvell said in a statement the replica of history is “a wonderful way to inspire people to learn more about the funeral profession.”

Lincoln and his actual casket were buried at Oak Ridge Cemetery in Springfield, Ill., and the story of Lincoln’s body after his death is pretty interesting.

In a very brief summary: Lincoln’s funeral train went through 444 communities in seven states before he was buried following political squabbling. His body was exhumed in 1901 to be placed in a new crypt, and when his casket was opened the 23 people there said his face was still recognizable. In 1930, Lincoln’s tomb was reconstructed and rededicated the following year by President Herbert Hoover.